Christian Welzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i packaged typo3-src and had to add an source-file for a font that > is used inside typo3. The file is a gzipped .sfd file and currently > i handle this by repackaging the orig.tar.gz (my former sponsor > wanted this).
Is the ".sfd file" the source form of the font -- that is, is that file the "preferred form of the work for making modifications to it", as the GPL would say? (I ask because I don't know what a ".sfd file" is.) If not, how are you satisfying the DFSG need for distributing the modifiable source of the work? > But my new sponsor thinks this should be added during package > build. But this way the 88kb binary file would be in the diff.gz... > What is the prefered way to handle this ? I would think the best way would be to encourage the upstream to distribute the source form of the work in the source tarball. > PS: i talked to upstream some time ago and they do not want to add > this into their releases. So i have to handle this on my own. What, then, does upstream consider the source form of the work? Is their distributed source form something that would be considered free software? -- \ "If [a technology company] has confidence in their future | `\ ability to innovate, the importance they place on protecting | _o__) their past innovations really should decline." —Gary Barnett | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
